IF YOU SEE STARFISH or any other creature in the TIDEPOOLS when the tide is out, leave them where they are. IT IS NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE TO PICK THEM UP AND LET THEM DRY OUT (DIE A SLOW DEATH) so you can collect them...
INSTEAD WHY NOT TRY TO DRAW OR PAINT THEM and keep a record of the date, time, beach, and weather...
4/28/10
STARFISH - A GREAT VARIETY
IF YOU SEE STARFISH or any other creature in the TIDEPOOLS when the tide is out, leave them where they are. IT IS NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE TO PICK THEM UP AND LET THEM DRY OUT (DIE A SLOW DEATH) so you can collect them...
INSTEAD WHY NOT TRY TO DRAW OR PAINT THEM and keep a record of the date, time, beach, and weather...
CORAL REEF ALLIANCE
Here's an alliance for those who care about preserving the coral reefs, home to so much sea life!
4/26/10
4/20/10
PHYSORG reports on NORTH ATLANTIC FISH POPULATIONS and SEA TEMPERATURE WARMING
PHYSORG has LOTS and LOTS of science articles about the sea and its in habitants!
4/16/10
NEW WHALE SANCTUARY is TOKELAU in THE SOUTH PACIFIC
Here's a link to a recent ABC news article and from the Associated Press about a NEW WHALE SACTUARY!
4/15/10
ILLUSTRATED FISH
THESE FISH LOOK LIKE THEY KNOW HOW TO HIDE in the flora and fauna of the sea. Which is your favorite?
4/10/10
NAME THE SEVEN SEAS ....
THE SEVEN SEAS are...
the Red Sea
the Mediterranean Sea
the Persian Gulf
the Black Sea
the Adriatic Sea
the Caspian Sea
the Red Sea
the Mediterranean Sea
the Persian Gulf
the Black Sea
the Adriatic Sea
the Caspian Sea
4/7/10
NAME THE FOUR OCEANS....
THE OCEANS OF THE WORLD are
the Arctic Ocean
the Atlantic Ocean
the Indian Ocean
the Pacific Ocean
the Arctic Ocean
the Atlantic Ocean
the Indian Ocean
the Pacific Ocean
4/5/10
SEA BOOK OF THE MONTH : SEA WOLF BY JACK LONDON PUBLISHED 1904
We're using GOOGLE BOOKS TO READ THIS CLASSIC! LINK ABOVE!
4/1/10
BATHYNOMUS GIGANTEUS "BART" a 2.5 FOOT BUG!
"A 2.5-foot GIANT ISAPOD that was found attached to a submersible robot. These actually exist, deep under the sea, where they feast on whale carcasses. Another terrifying angle, after the jump."
SIRENS SAYS : I'd rather be tackled by a GIANT SQUID... this thing feeds on DEAD WHALES...
SIRENS SAYS : I'd rather be tackled by a GIANT SQUID... this thing feeds on DEAD WHALES...
STRANGE SCIENCE SEAMONSTERS
Contrary to popular belief, the sailors of Columbus's day did not think they would sail right off the edge of the earth. They were, however, apprehensive about what they would find in their travels. Mistakes about marine life have ranged from inaccurate assumptions about the behavior of known species to fanciful depictions of animals that "might" exist. HERE IS A CATALOGUE OF SEA MONSTERS THEY THOUGHT THEY SAW - or MAYBE THEY DID!
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